Ahmed Shide

Ahmed Shide (Somali: Axmed Shiide) is an Ethiopian-Somali politician who has served as the Minister of Finance of Ethiopia since October 2018. He was formerly the Minister of Communication Affairs from April to October 2018, until the ministry was dissolved by the cabinet of Abiy Ahmed—the Prime Minister of Ethiopia.

He was also the former chair of the Somali political party of the Somali Regional State. He is a member of the federal parliament and was a member of the former Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party (ESPDP). He is also member of Prosperity Party.

== Early life and education ==

Ahmed Shide was born in Nagele to a less well off Gurre parents belonging to the Madahweyne a subclan of the Dir Somali. Ahmed completed his primary, secondary and tertiary education in Ethiopia. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Ethiopian Civil Service College, Addis Ababa.

Shide also holds a Masters of Arts in Participation, Development and Social Change from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, United Kingdom, Post-Graduate Diploma in Managing Rural Resources and Resource Conflicts from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, the Netherlands, and MBA...